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When it comes to maximizing benefit for your investment of time, continuing education classes are your solution. Choose from hundreds of affordable, convenient and easy to use offerings in-class or on-line.

If you want to learn skills to move ahead in the workplace, earn a new job, prepare for national certification in high demand career fields like healthcare, improve your computer skills, or just have fun learning something new like dance or culinary workshops, Continuing Education at Elgin Community College has a class for you!"

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Award-winning investigative journalist Bill Kurtis will expose
what is behind today's myriad of rising health problems. In his multimedia
lecture Death By Food, Kurtis will investigate the means, motive and
opportunity behind why American food is over-processed, over-sugared,
over-salted, and contains too much fat. Mr. Kurtis will offer a means of
optimal nutrition as a solution to the nutrient depleted foods we often find on
tables of American consumers. Kurtis will argue that natural, minimally
processed, sustainably raised food stuffs hold the key to our skyrocketing
obesity and diabetes rates, and how consumers can make more informed food
choices for better health.

An acclaimed documentary host and producer, network news anchor,
multimedia production company president, author, and grass-fed-cattle rancher,
Bill Kurtis has been in broadcasting over 40 years. With a body of work ranging
from providing the satirical narration for Anchorman: The Legend of Ron
Burgundy to writing his book, The Death Penalty on Trial: Crisis in American
Justice, Kurtis is the recipient of numerous awards including
numerous Emmys, CableACE Awards, and the Thurgood Marshall Award. A
meet-and-greet reception will immediately follow his talk. The ECC Bookstore
will sell copies of Mr. Kurtis' The Prairie Table Cookbook during the
reception. Education Tickets are $25.00 each per online registration. Presentation is from 7:00 to 9:00 pm at Elgin Community College, Seigle Auditorium, Building E.

Every single point matters! This course is designed to help students achieve ACT test scores that reflect their true potential. Using the Cambridge "Six-Step Approach" students receive diagnostic testing and assessment through pre- and post-testing. Students participate in basic skills review, in-class problem solving, concepts, and strategy. The course includes practice test reinforcement with the goal of identifying subject matters the student needs to "brush-up on" and improve. Reading, English, Science and Math are taught by experienced ECC adjunct instructors Karin Quist and Vicki Walker. Separate morning and afternoon course sections are offered on six Saturdays. Books and practice tests are included in the $349 tuition. Register by January 20, 2015 to assure receipt of textbook and pre-test.

Scholarship tuition assistance for students interested in courses offered by Elgin Community College's Continuing Education department is available through the ECC Foundation subject to each scholarship fund's criteria and current funding. For complete information, please call the Foundation at 847-214-7596 or emaileccfoundation@elgin.edu.